Grad Oral Presentations - Mathematics and Statistics: Applied Math

Thursday, October 11, 2012: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
6A (WSCC)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
6:35 PM
Economic analysis of the use of facemasks during pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Samantha Tracht , Graduate Research Assistant , University of Tennessee ; Sara Del Valle, PhD , Scientist , Los Alamos National Lab ; Brian Edwards, PhD , Los Alamos National Laboratory
6:55 PM
Two Dimensional Immersed Interface Method for Moving Interfaces: An Implementation with Applications to Biological Interface Problems
Mauricio Del Razo Sarmina, M.Sc. , University of Washington ; Randall LeVeque, PhD , University of Washington
7:15 PM
Mathematical Analysis of Agent-Based Models: Discrete and Heuristic Methods
Matthew Oremland, MS , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Reinhard Laubenbacher, PhD , Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
7:35 PM
Understanding the Robustness of Gene Regulation via Derrida Values
Claus Kadelka, MSc , Virginia Bioinformatics Institute ; Reinhard Laubenbacher, PhD , Virginia Bioinformatics Institute